The House on Mango Street - An Illuminated Text example

I really liked the choice in song for this text, it really made me connect to it. I also liked the play on words in this text. The presentation was simple, there were no extravagant, picturesque, techniques used, just a few words connected through simple concepts. The comparison between the writer and a balloon that was tied to an anchor was displayed nicely. Again, there was nothing tricky being displayed but it still managed to wow me away.

This illuminated text is effective because it makes what the intended message clear to the audience in a simple yet useful way. In the beginning where the I is turned into a balloon and all the words of the second part of the sentence disappears it helps draw attention to the floating away I and bring the words back draws the image back to the whole story. By highlighting the important words and using a contrasting bright color, red, with the black and white text they stick out clearly and are easy to draw connections to each other, for example, when all of the “aunts” were highlighted within other words. By making the words larger and/ or making the other words disappear was the idea to get the importance of the text our main focus was very effective. An example of where the disappearing worked was where only the “I’s” and “writing” remained on the screen. The animation of the I in the first scene, making it a red balloon, was very effective. Not only did making it red highlight it but making it a floating balloon connected it to the text and made it an interesting play on words. I am a red balloon- the I is a red balloon

 The slide where aunt  is inserted to the text was incredible! 
The is the most clever stephen booth moment I have seen.

 THIS is a fabulous book for schools with diverse populations. I especially like the first quote you chose . . . 

My students are super excited about making literature come alive with technology!  They know more about it than I do....